Petition to Dot Asia Organization

[tech4]

Hi: if you are a dot Asia fan or investors/community user in any way. Please sign the following petition addressing concerns to the Dot Asia Organization to benefit us all.

Please see petition and sign it.

http://www.petitiononline.com/DAOBMC/petition.html

 

[hullswingerscom]

has anything changed from when you got your first asia name?

 

[tech4]

I dont think so..After the $6,000,000 dollar auctions dot Asia is very much silent. They do not offer stats, news anymuch after Oct...of 2008.

If you look at Dot Me it came out the same time as dot Asia.....a month after but is very active on their website and has no restrictions on who can own dot me.

Could you sign petition please?
By the way are you an investor/community/fan of dot asia or just asking me a question?

 

[Kate]

If I'm not wrong a local admin contact is sufficient to register a .asia and many registrar can provide one, so the restrictions are not that serious.
I doubt removing all restrictions would make such a difference.
Registration stats are available at hosterstats.com.

 

[tech4]

I believe it is significant because how many trusted registrar would you know to provide admin contact? those that provide admin contact jack up the prices. which is not good.

those in Asia like in china for example, would you trust a company from China if you invested 10,000s, 20,000 or 100,000 into the extension?
Would you?

Not likely.

Prices do effect demands. Especially in this economy and size does matter.

Anyway. Hosterstats are inaccurate. compare for yourself.
http://forms.icann.org/idashboard/public/

On Iccan 9/2008 Dot Asia already has 231,000 names. Hosterstats are behind.....

 

[jmcc]

Anyway. Hosterstats are inaccurate. compare for yourself.
http://forms.icann.org/idashboard/public/

On Iccan 9/2008 Dot Asia already has 231,000 names. Hosterstats are behind.....

The figures on HosterStats are those measured from the zonefile of .asia and they are accurate. Sometimes domains will not have any nameservers assigned so these domains will not appear in the zonefile or on the internet. Now I know you want the .asia gTLD to be a great success like .info but it is not working out that way, no matter how you try to present it. The current zonefile count for .asia as of this morning is 245353. That's up 1537 on the 01/February/2009 zonefile count of 243816. The volume increase from 01/January/2009 (241,129) to 01/February/2009 (243,816) was 2687. It looks like growth in .asia gTLD is decreasing. In some respects I think that .asia is assuming the growth characteristics of a small ccTLD. It is facing massive competition from .cn (over 13M domains), .jp (over 1M domains), .kr (over 1M domains), .in (nobody knows how many), .au (over 1M), .nz, .th etc. The killer aspect in this market is that .cn is extremely cheap. However .asia is not a ccTLD.

Regards...jmcc

 

[tech4]

As of october according to Icann 236,500 names.
11/2008?, 12/2008?, 1/2008? Anyway.

I have question, the zone files according to Icann are not released yet for nov,dec,jan,feb. How did you manage to get them?

Yes it does face competition from everyone because its prices and restrictions on who can own them. But once these are lifted I am sure there will be more registration.

In some respects I think that .asia is assuming the growth characteristics of a small ccTLD. <----What does this statement mean? Its a dead extension? I hope not.

 

[jmcc]

I have question, the zone files according to Icann are not released yet for nov,dec,jan,feb. How did you manage to get them?

The gTLD registries provide access to the zonefiles. ICANN's figures are based on the statistics that the registries provide to ICANN. Those figures are delayed by three months.

Yes it does face competition from everyone because its prices and restrictions on who can own them. But once these are lifted I am sure there will be more registration.

I am not sure. There is intense competition from the region's ccTLDs and there is no single political identity for the region in the way that the European Union acts for the .eu ccTLD.

In some respects I think that .asia is assuming the growth characteristics of a small ccTLD. <----What does this statement mean? Its a dead extension? I hope not.

The growth will be slow over the first five to six years as the TLD becomes accepted as a region-wide TLD. The growth pattern of ccTLDs depends on usage and the market size. What is happening in .asia at the moment is a classic post-Landrush (the few months after a TLD opens for general registration) slowdown. The next major event in .asia will be the anniversary of the Landrush. It is not a dead extension. It just has a lot of growing to do yet. And it would not surprise me to see special registration fee offers (renew and get a free year or half-price renewals) appearing as it gets closer to the Landrush anniversary.

Regards...jmcc

 

[tech4]

Good information there JMCC about the post landrush trends. But you have not answer the classic question where did you get your stats from if not from ICANN or the registry itself.

 

[jmcc]

Good information there JMCC about the post landrush trends. But you have not answer the classic question where did you get your stats from if not from ICANN or the registry itself.

The registry provides access to the zonefiles. The programs and databases here count the numbers of domains in these zonefiles and compare the zonefile with the previous month's zonefile to determine the growth and the transfers.

Regards...jmcc

 

[tech4]

Got it, thanks JMCC.